Defensive Drills

The game is moving more and more away from the basket to the perimeter. More teams are creating double gaps and utilizing the driving lanes to get players open for shots. Thus we now more than ever need to teach our players how to close out properly and rotate on drive and kick actions. In the video ...

This drill starts out as 4 on 3 scramble drill and then adds the 4th defender. The coach demonstrating the drill is John Becker of Vermont. Take the concept and change the rules and expectations to make it your own and fit what you are working to accomplish. You will need to be on a network that allows ...

Here is an alternative format to the traditional alley zig zag drill from Frank Martin. You will need to be on a network that allows you to access YouTube to view the video. Click the play arrow to view the video. There is narration with the video, so please make sure that your sound ...

In my opinion, the drill itself is not the leading takeaway from this video. My hope is that you can use some of Coach Martin’s teaching points and terminology. You will need to be on a network that allows you to access YouTube to view the video. Click the play arrow to view the ...

Previous Providence College Head Coach and currently the head coach of the Georgetown Hoyas men’s basketball program, Ed Cooley takes some demonstration players through the first phase of his Defensive Fly Drill. You can use this as the basis for your own similar drill to work on defensive rotations. You can decide what the next movements that ...

This 4 on 3 Scramble Defensive Drill was posted to the FastModel Sports Basketball Plays and Drills Library by Matt Wheeler. Matt Wheeler has spent the last 10 years coaching in the Orlando, FL area. For the last 6 seasons he was at Olympia High School where he spent time as assistant boys varsity ...

This defensive drill is demonstrated by Northern Iowa Head Coach Ben Jacobson and the Northern Iowa players. He has his team execute for 35 seconds since that was the college rule at the time that this video was filmed. You can set the time length for anything that challenges your players. When I have used this drill, we ...

Submitted by Coach John Kimble CoachJohnKimble.com Retired high school and college coach Follow him on Twitter @CoachJohnKimble This post was originally a part of the article “Techniques Used in the Top Individual & Team Defensive Breakdown Drills” that was originally written for Winning Hoops Editor’s note from Brian Williams: You might have different defensive rules and philosophies, but my hope ...

These 3 defensive drills are from Matt Monroe’s Hoops Roundtable site. Modify these drills to fit what you need to use to teach and reinforce and your defensive rules, concepts, and principles. Diagrams created with FastDraw           3 on 3 Random Movement Drill Scott Miller, Head Boys Basketball Coach, Glenbard East High School (IL): • Coach sets the ball ...

This drill called “Lane Line Ball Pressure Drill” and is among the thousands of resources for both coaches and player available from basketballhq. They have several more videos as well as basketball coaching resource articles. Please make sure your sound is on to see the video. Click the play arrow so see the drill. The drill ...

These drills were filmed when current Texas men’s coach Shaka Smart was at VCU The drills are You Tube videos, so to be able to watch them, you will need to be able to access You Tube. The first drill is a shooting drill and the second one is a rebounding/inside toughness drill. Make sure your sound is ...

These 3 defensive drills are from Matt Monroe’s Hoops Roundtable site. He posts a new article daily and has a lot of really good articles that he has written as well as contributions from several other coaches. Use these drills as ideas for improving the drills you use to teach and reinforce your defensive concepts ...

I have not used this drill, but it is one that I think is worth experimenting with for 10 or 15 minutes to see if it is worth continuing to use in your program. I think it is worth experimenting with new ideas each week in practice to see if they will improve your ...

This post was created by Kyle Gilreath. He is NBA Client Services Manager for FastModel Sports. He is the Head Basketball Coach at Astronaut High School in Florida. He served as an undergraduate manager as well as graduate assistant for the Florida Men’s program under Billy Donovan. I found the drill on FastModel’s ...

This post on defending pick and roll was sent to me by Nate Hill, Assistant Boys Coach at Colonel Crawford High School in North Robinson Ohio. He has coached for 18 years from 7th grade through Varsity Head Coach. Nate has contributed several articles for the site. Coach Hill said: I typed this up ...

I like the shell drill to teach and rehearse most of the movements we have to defend. These two drills are ways that you might experiment with on defending the post in your shell. If they fit your defensive objectives in that drill, you can experiment with them 5 on 5 in practice before ...

These 3 drills to work on keeping the ball out of the lane are a follow up to the article I posted from Coach Mike Neighbors entitled: “Things Basketball Teams Do a Lot” You Can view that post by clicking here: “Things Basketball Teams Do a Lot” One of those things that the article discusses as ...

These 3 drills to work on keeping the ball out of the lane are a follow up to the article I posted from Coach Mike Neighbors entitled: “Things Basketball Teams Do a Lot” You Can view that post by clicking here: “Things Basketball Teams Do a Lot” One of those things that the article lists is ...

This article is from University of Arkansas women’s head basketball coach Mike Neighbors and one of his Newsletters. Coach Neighbors has an outstanding newsletter. If you are interested in subscribing, email me and I will pass along your interest and your email address to him. “Be good at the things you do a lot” from Coach Mike ...

This version of The Shell Defense Drill comes from the blog post “Rethinking Shell Defense” on 3fromthecorner.com It was also published in the FastModel Sports Basketball Plays and Drills Library The site has thousands of drills and plays that have been submitted by basketball coaches from around the world. You can also find out more about ...